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Shouyang Palace

Duan Shiyu sat in front of the imperial case, and Duan Ling sat crookedly across from Duan Shiyu, helped him pick up a memorial, and said, "I heard that another feudal lord is about to make trouble."

Duan Shiyu raised his head from the large number of memorials, looked at Duan Ling, and asked, "Which feudal lord?"

"King of Jiaodong."

"The Empress Dowager doesn't care?"

"She also wants to teach His Majesty a lesson." Duan Ling said, "Your Majesty pushed her too hard."

Duan Shiyu put down the pen in his hand, thought for a while, and said: "Let her go, even if I am gone, she will only let Duan Cishan take the throne, and it will not be the turn of other feudal lords..." Duan Shiyu looked at this Duan Ling asked, "Did you come to the capital to help your father find out about me?"

Duan Ling smiled and said: "My father's army was borrowed by His Majesty to be a vanguard. He killed one thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses. How much is left now?"

Duan Shiyu sighed and picked up his pen again.

Ku Tuo hurried in and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, Zhang Lun of Du'an Si Mansion is asking to see you."

"Him?" Duan Shiyu said, "Let him in quickly."

Duan Ling looked at the expressionless Duan Shiyu, and said, "It must be that Zhang Ziwen has news, why is Your Majesty unhappy?"

Duan Shiyu touched his face and asked: "Can't you see that I am very happy?"

Duan Ling: "..."

Zhang Lun covered his shoulders, trotted in, half knelt on the ground, and said, "Your Majesty, I saw Zhang Ziwen today."

"Oh?" Duan Shiyu stood up and asked, "Why didn't you bring him into the palace?"

Zhang Lun raised his head, his forehead was covered with sweat, he looked distressed, and said: "He is accompanied by a young man in black, his martial arts are very superb, I... can't beat him."

"The boy in black?" Duan Shiyu squinted his eyes and asked, "Do you know the identity of the boy in black?"

Zhang Lun said: "I heard that kid called Zhang Ziwen his senior brother, and said..."

Seeing Zhang Lun hesitating, Duan Shiyu stepped forward to help him up, and asked, "What else?"

"Also said...Your Majesty is required to meet him outside the palace in person, otherwise...otherwise Zhang Ziwen will not be let go."

Duan Shiyu raised his eyebrows, turned around and walked to the imperial case, stood there for a moment, looked back at Zhang Lun, and said: "Go to the camp and call a man named Shitou. If you see him again, take it." Stone threat."

"Yes."

Zhang Lun slightly cupped his hands and exited the room.

Duan Ling asked: "Aren't you afraid that doing this will make him feel that you are not sincere and make him even more angry?"

Duan Shiyu sat back in front of the imperial case and said: "Even if I give him my heart, he still thinks that I am hypocritical. Come on, tell me about your purpose, cousin."

"Me?" Duan Ling curled his lips slightly, and said with a smile, "Of course I want to be a queen."

"Cousin, don't tell my brother these lies." Duan Shiyu said: "There is no place for you in the harem."

Duan Ling put his arms on the imperial case, sighed, and said, "I want to be the prime minister."

Duan Shiyu said: "When Dalkin is investigated, you can become prime minister."

"No, no, no." Duan Ling said, "I don't want to be a prime minister, I want to be a prime minister with a biography in the history books."

Duan Shiyu took out a memorial, glanced at it, and asked: "Do you want to be famous forever?"

Duan Ling nodded and said, "Why are only men able to be officials, and women have to be husbands and mothers? Why are only men able to go to the battlefield, and women have to be prisoners of war and official prostitutes to bear the consequences of the defeat of the men."

Duan Shiyu raised his eyes, looked at Duan Ling's soft and strong face, and said, "You are very similar to that eldest princess."

Duan Ling shook his head: "She wants to resist the Empress Dowager, I..." Duan Ling looked at Duan Shiyu with sharp eyes like a leopard, and said, "I don't like this strict and depressing regulation."

The two stared at each other, and after a long time, Duan Shiyu said: "Cousin is really not an ordinary woman, so, cousin thinks, how should we deal with the matter of King Jiaodong?"

Duan Ling snorted, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is indeed His Majesty, and the topic has been turned back and forth by His Majesty." Duan Ling turned the brush in his hand and said, "Now the national treasury is also full. There's nothing wrong with fighting."

"But the Tiger Talisman is not with me." Duan Shiyu said.

Duan Ling said: "The other vassals have soldiers, why don't you borrow them again, Your Majesty?"

"Who to borrow?"

"My father is the King of Changsha, the King of Huainan, and the King of Lu'an." Duan Ling said, "I can borrow all these, and they will definitely borrow them."

"It has to be slow." Duan Shiyu said: "Wait for King Jiaodong's movements to be bigger."

Duan Ling nodded: "Your Majesty is wise, Zhang Ziwen's side... Your Majesty..."

Duan Shiyu waved his hand and remained silent.

Kyoto city in three days

Zhang Ziwen sent the last box of darts to Liu's residence, and rode out of the city on horseback.The people on the side of the road looked at him as if they were looking at a pile of bank notes, but no one dared to go forward to get them.

Zhang Ziwen walked swaggeringly like this.He originally thought that he could just leave the city like this, but when he passed the watchtower, Zhang Lun ran down from the top with a stone, blocking Zhang Ziwen's way.

Zhang Ziwen was stunned, looked at the stone, and shouted: "Stone!"

When Shi Shi saw Zhang Ziwen, he opened his arms to hug him, but was held in front of him by the soldiers of Du'an Division with spears.

It started to wield knives and guns, and the people gathered around spread out one after another, but they still craned their necks to watch the excitement, to see who was robbed of this huge sum of money.

Seeing Shi Shi, Mo Yu cheered up, and shouted, "Shi Shi! How did you get arrested?"

When Shi Shi saw Mo Yu, he hugged himself in fright, and the arrogance that was about to be angry immediately withered away.

Zhang Ziwen frowned, looked at Zhang Lun, and asked, "What do you mean?"

Zhang Lun said: "It is His Majesty's intention. If you don't go back with me, your junior brother will be executed on the spot."

Zhang Ziwen's heart sank, and he asked, "Is that what he meant?"

Zhang Lun nodded, drew out the knife, placed it on Shi Shi's neck, and asked, "Will you return?"

Mo Yu was in a hurry, pointed at Zhang Lun, and cursed: "Don't bully people too much! You have angered Grandpa and let you all die here!"

Zhang Ziwen pressed Mo Yu's shoulder, and let out a breath of foul air from his chest.

One year later, Zhang Ziwen had already taken Gao Zhan's death lightly. Although he knew that Duan Shiyu was a ruthless person, he never thought that Duan Shiyu could be so ruthless that he would threaten himself with Shishi's life.

This is not valuing him, but belittling him, treating him as an object that must be obtained, not a person who dreams about day and night.

Zhang Ziwen approached Zhang Lun slowly, and asked, "Did you bring my junior brother's words to him?"

Zhang Lun clenched the knife in his hand and said, "I said it."

"And he made you do it?"

"Yes."

Zhang Ziwen exhaled tremblingly, he didn't know that one day he would care so much about the man in the palace, his full expectation turned into disappointment, he suddenly pulled out the saber from the waist of a soldier, stepped back, and put Putting the knife on his neck, he said: "Put the stone away, or you will take my dead body to your Majesty!"

"Senior brother!" Mo Yu stretched out his hand to hold Zhang Ziwen's arm, trying to snatch the knife from his hand, but Zhang Ziwen gave him a hard look, making him dare not do it.

Shi Shi stomped his feet in fright, and a ten-foot man burst into tears.

Zhang Lun looked at Zhang Ziwen, frowned and said: "If you die, His Majesty will not let anyone related to you here."

"Yes, he can do it." Zhang Ziwen said: "But if I die, what good will you have?"

Zhang Lun was silent, and put down the knife in his hand.

A four-horse carriage came slowly, and the soldiers stopped on both sides one after another to give the carriage enough room to move around.

The guards following behind the carriage drove out the people gathered on both sides.

The carriage stopped behind Zhang Lun, followed by a sixty-year-old eunuch, Ku Tuo.

Zhang Lun heard the movement behind him, wrapped his arms around the stone and moved to the side of the road.

Ku Tuo snorted and asked, "Who is so bold to block the emperor's way?"

Zhang Ziwen's hand twitched, staring blankly at the carriage.The door of the car was closed tightly, and the people inside had no intention of coming out.

Mo Yu stretched her neck to look, and shouted: "Is that ruthless emperor sitting here?"

Duan Shiyu didn't make a sound, holding a memorial in his hand, which was handed in by Yu Lian'er.Yu Lian'er has already brought soldiers and rushed to Jiaodong country.

He was very relieved of this general who was born as a peasant.

Hearing Mo Yu scolding the emperor, Ku Tuo waved his hand, and the guards behind the carriage rushed out and surrounded Mo Yu and Zhang Ziwen.

Ku Tuo knocked on the car window and whispered: "Your Majesty, people are surrounded, what should we do?"

Duan Shiyu said: "Invite him up."

Ku Tuo nodded, walked over, looked at Zhang Ziwen, and said, "Mr. Ziwen, Your Majesty invites you to enter the car and talk."

Mo Yu pushed Ku Tuo away and said, "Why doesn't he come out by himself? Could it be that he's still an ugly girl who can't be seen?"

"You!" Ku Tuo pointed at Mo Yu's nose, and whispered, "Be careful what you say, kid!"

Mo Yu folded her arms around her chest, arrogant.

Duan Shiyu sighed, pushed open the door of the carriage, and jumped out from inside.

Zhang Lun immediately knelt down on one knee and was helped up by Duan Shiyu.

Duan Shiyu straightened her clothes and walked slowly towards Zhang Ziwen.

Zhang Ziwen couldn't see Duan Shiyu at a glance.Duan Shiyu has lost a lot of weight, her eyes are more gloomy than when she first saw her, she seems to frown frequently, there is already a wrinkle between her brows, and there seems to be a haze between her brows.

Seeing Duan Shiyu approaching Zhang Ziwen, Ku Tuo was afraid that the knife in Zhang Ziwen's hand would hurt him, so he quickly grabbed Duan Shiyu's sleeve and called softly, "Your Majesty..."

"It's okay." Duan Shiyu raised his hand and told the guards to put down their weapons.

Zhang Ziwen raised his head and stared blankly at Duan Shiyu, with complicated emotions.

Duan Shiyu took the knife from his hand, threw it on the ground, and forced a smile.His smile was barely bitter, and looked very awkward, as if he hadn't smiled for a long time, and it was so stiff that it was hard to see that it was a smile.Duan Shiyu knew that his smile was ugly, so he stopped forcing it, put away his smile, and said, "Long time no see, sir looks better than before."

Zhang Ziwen clenched and loosened his fingers unconsciously. After repeated several times, he felt his fingers and said, "You've lost weight."

"Yeah." Duan Shiyu nodded, touched his face, and asked, "Sir, can you come in the car and have a chat with me?"

Zhang Ziwen hummed softly and nodded.

Duan Shiyu looked down at her feet, turned around, and got into the carriage.

Mo Yu grabbed Zhang Ziwen and said, "Brother, be careful, he doesn't look like a good person, he's too gloomy."

Duan Shiyu turned her head, glanced at Mo Yu, curled the corners of her mouth, and forced out a half-smile expression, then glanced at Zhang Ziwen, and returned to the car without saying a word.

Zhang Ziwen followed him and got into the carriage.

Duan Shiyu gave him a gentle hand, and the two of them touched each other unnaturally.

Duan Shiyu's palm is very wide, but his fingers are very long, long and thin, but very powerful.His hands are very stable, Zhang Ziwen has seen it before, such hands are very stable no matter what weapon he holds, but he trembled when he pulled Zhang Ziwen.